My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself. And the fact
that I think I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope that
desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road, though I may know
nothing about it. Therefore, will I trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never
leave me to face my perils alone.
by Thomas Merton